Établissements VELOTO 6, Rue de Richemont - 59, Rue de Domrémy - PARIS-13•
Salle d'Exposition : 120, Champs-Élysées, PARIS
Built from around 1948 using their own 50cc engines which were mounted in an unconventional fashion behind the pedal crank, resulting in a velomoteur with a long wheelbase. The fuel tank was mounted below the seat and directly above the spark plug.
Veloto engines were marketed as VLT and were used by Onoto of Dole and DS-Malterre, amongst others. (See VLT, below)
Paris Salon de l'Automobile, Octobre 1948
LE CYCLOMOTEUR VELOTO
Présenté aux deux derniers Salons, ce petit cyclomoteur a séduit par sa présentation très soignée et par sa conception originale. II est constitué par un cadre mixte, avec fourche avant élastique; le moteur 2 vitesses est placé dans le triangle arrière du cadre, derrière et au-dessous de la selle, mettant le cycliste à l'abri des projections. La machine est montée sur des roues de diamètre plus petit que la normale, avec pneus renforcés 550 ballon; elle est donc assez surbaissée, facile à enfourcher; par là elle plaît aux dames. Le moteur est un deux temps très propre et bien construit.
Presented at the last two trade shows, this small moped impressed with its carefully designed presentation and original design. It consists of a hybrid frame with a springy front fork; the 2-speed engine is located in the rear triangle of the frame, behind and below the saddle, protecting the rider from splashes. The machine is mounted on smaller diameter wheels than normal, with reinforced 550 balloon tyres; it is therefore quite low-slung and easy to mount; thus, it appeals to women. The engine is a very clean and well-built two-stroke.
1948 Paris Salon, Motocycles. Courtesy Memoire du Cycle.
V.L.T.
Ets Véloto, 6 rue Richemont, Paris (13°)
Engines built from 1951 to 1954, they were of 47.75, 48 and 49cc capacity, single, two-speed and possibly three-speed two-stroke engines.
DS-Malterre, Onoto of Dole, and Royal Fabric of Saint-Étienne fitted VLT engines.
N.B. Company details also given as R.Poisson, 6 rue Chartran, Neuilly (Seine)
Sources: La Moto Francaise; Moto Review No.1235, April 1955; cyclememory.org; Wikipedia NL, et al.
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